adulteress

"The poems in Adulteress work in fragments, some in lists that layer varying perspectives, others that explode in the white space to form gasps of words. The contrast of numbered sequences and words falling across the page creates the feeling of an attempt to find order, to re-examine from all angles, and return again to something that cannot be fathomed. Hanks captures a quietly passionate and furious voice, as she transforms fruit into the extended metaphor of a relationship and desc